Hearsay: Strange Tales from the Middle Kingdom

by Barbara Ann Porte; Illustrator-Rosemary Feit Covey

Price: $14.00
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Book desription: Greenwillow Books, 1998-05. Hardcover. Very Good. COLLECTIBLE! 1st Edition (Stated), 1st Printing (w/full number line) 1998 William Morrow & Company (Publisher; NY) Greenwillow HARDBACK; text clean/UNMARKED; appears UNREAD; color cover surface near mint w/coupla dot-size scuffs/edges smooth w/no tears or nicks; price unclipped; spine strong; NOT x-library; small black line remainder mark; Not book club; 136 pages + 8 preliminary pgs; wood engravings by Rosemary Feit Covey; introduction; text is 15 "traditional tales that embrace folklore + culture of China"; notes + sources ("though events + characters are imagined, some portions of the tales were drawn from history, legend, or folklore"); author + artist biographies; "Porte is an expert at creating unity from bits + pieces, half-truths, absolutes,+ maybes--the stuff that real life + great stories are made of"--SLJ; very good to gift quality collectible copy of 10-year-old out-of-print fun hardback.

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